On 24 April 2013, in the context of the 54th meeting of the UNWTO Commission for Africa, held in Tunis, Tunisia, 1 enterprise from Cote d'Ivoire, FENITOURCI (Fédération Nationale de l'Industrie Touristique de Côte d'Ivoire) and 2 entities from Tunisia, the Fédération Tunisienne des Agences de voyages et de Tourisme (FTAV) and the Fédération Tunisienne de l’Hôtellerie (FTH) signed the Commitment. The signing was held in the presence of H.E. Mr.

Five of Turkey's most prominent companies and associations signed the Commitment in the context of the 55th meeting of the UNWTO Commission for Europe (26-27 March 2013, Çesme, Turkey), in the presence of the Secretary-General of UNWTO and Mr. Özgür Özaslan, Undersecretary, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey and Mr. Özgür Özaslan, Undersecretary, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey.

The Commitment was signed by the French Travel Agents Association SNAV, les Professionnels du Voyage on the 2nd of February 2013, in Tenerife, Spain, on the occasion of the association's annual Congress. SNAV is the first French tourism association to have signed the Commitment to the Code of Ethics.

ANVR, the Netherlands Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators, signed the Commitment to the Global Code of Ethics on the 9th of January 2013, in Utrecht, The Netherlands, on behalf of its 1,400 member enterprises. The signing was organised in the context of the ANVR event “Changes in Tourism”, held at the Dutch travel fair Vakantiebeurs.

Fourteen prominent German companies and Members of the DRV, the German Travel Association, at the DRV's 2012 Annual Conventio, held in Budva, Montenegro (15-17 November 2012).

On the occasion of the 94th session of UNWTO's Executive Council, held in Campeche, Mexico on the 24th and 25th of October 2012, eleven of Mexico's major tourism companies and associations signed Commitments to the Code of Ethics, in the presence of the Secretary of Tourism of Mexico, H.E. Ms.

In October 2012, five prominent Armenian private sector companies became Signatories of the Commitment. The signing of the Commitments took place at the International Conference on "Universal Values and Cultural Diversity in the 21st Century: How can tourism make a difference?" (18-19 October 2012, Yerevan, Armenia), in the presence of H.E. Mr. Tigran Davtyan, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia, and Mr.

In October 2012, BTW, the Federal Association of the German Tourism Industry, signed the Commitment at the body's 16th Tourism Summit, in Berlin, Germany, in the presence of Mr.